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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Adverb Adjective
"The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, [more difficult], also in eliminating the salmons."
Does the "more difficult" sub-clause work in this sentence? I always think only an adverb would work in cases like this (e.g. "more urgently"), but then 'difficult' does not have an adverb form. Can I use an adjective here instead (e.g. difficult)?
Thank you
Does the "more difficult" sub-clause work in this sentence? I always think only an adverb would work in cases like this (e.g. "more urgently"), but then 'difficult' does not have an adverb form. Can I use an adjective here instead (e.g. difficult)?
Thank you
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The word does have an adverb form: difficultly . With difficulty is an option as well. I would not use an adjective here.
- The word does have an adverb form: difficultly .
- With difficulty is an option as well.
- I would not use an adjective here.
- The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, more difficultly , also in eliminating the salmons.
- The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, with more difficulty , also in eliminating the salmons.
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The word does have an adverb form: difficultly. With difficulty is an option as well. I would not use an adjective here.
The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, more difficultly, also in eliminating the salmons.
The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, with more difficulty, also in eliminating the salmon
The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, more difficultly, also in eliminating the salmons.
The challenge here lay not only in killing the bears, but, with more difficulty, also in eliminating the salmon
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